Live blog: Keep up with best of Sunday action

Welcome to the Eye, where you can read frequent updates regarding what’s happening in Major League Baseball. The New York Yankees come in as the hottest team, having won five in a row, and hope CC Sabathia can outperform C.J. Wilson of the Angels at Yankee Stadium. The Yanks got ahead early on Saturday night and beat the Angels 8-2, knocking out Garrett Richards and helping Adam Warren turn in another strong outing.

UPDATE: Without wasting a moment, the Angels have grabbed a quick lead on the Yankees thanks to home runs by Mike Trout and Albert Pujols. Back-to-back Jacques.

Watch them go deep in this short film that loops:

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Concluding the action tonight, Zack Greinke and the Dodgers take on Lance Lynn and the Cardinals. Los Angeles just got Yasiel Puig back in the lineup. He missed a month with a hamstring injury, but he was able to put his team ahead with an RBI double in the seventh on Saturday night:

Here’s the full slate for Sunday:

Daily awards

We’ll hand these out freely.

Jockey strike of the day

Triple Crown rider Victor Espinoza brings the heat before Yankees-Angels

‘Oh, yeah?’ note of the day

News, injuries and rumors

Report: Braves to sign Dana Eveland

Padres to activate Melvin Upton on Monday

Rays’ Evan Longoria (wrist) remains out of lineup Sunday

Rangers move P Ross Ohlendorf (groin) to 15-day DL

White Sox move P Dan Jennings (neck) to DL

Diamondbacks reinstate RP David Hernandez (elbow) from DL

More transactions here

What about Monday?

Relatively light. No day games. Only one West Coast love-in. Lance McCullers vs. Chris Sale is intriguing.

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